Note: This post includes a graphic image of a dead elephant.
Rangers decided to use the elephant carcass to track the poachers "but the tracks were blended in with the passage of every hyena and every lion in the neighbourhood," Merode wrote in the blog. "On top of that, Dodi and Lily (the two dogs) took one look at the carcass and bolted. It’s not surprising as the carcass looked terrifying and had a horrific stench." A ranger "spent a good half hour talking to Dodi and reassuring her," he added. "He was able to convince her, and she came in. He used a bone as the scent item, and after twenty minutes searching for a trail, they took off."
